If you're looking for the ultimate hamburger bun, look no further. These Homemade Hamburger Buns are not only quick and easy to make but also light and fluffy. Topped with sesame seeds or plain, they're beautiful to look at and perfect for any occasion.
Ingredients: Here's What You'll Need
I used the following ingredients for these amazing hamburger buns: Milk, water, unsalted butter, egg, granulated sugar, salt, all-purpose flour, and yeast.
Here's How I Made This Recipe
These hamburger buns are a snap to make 1in your bread machine. Basically, I added the wet ingredients, followed by the salt, sugar, and flour, to the pan of the bread machine. The last ingredient that I added was the yeast.
I set the bread machine on the dough cycle and walked away!
When the dough cycle ended, I dumped the dough onto a floured piece of wax paper and cut the dough into six pieces.
This recipe makes either 6 large (whopper-size) buns or 8 regular-size buns. I decided to make the large ones, so I weighed the dough and divided the weight by six. Each bun took 3.4 ounces or 97 grams of dough. Yes, I know - I'm a foodie nerd. I weigh almost everything!
After I portioned the dough into six pieces, I rolled each piece into a ball and placed it on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
I knew the rolls would rise quite a bit, so I left a lot of room between them. I flattened each piece with my fingertips, covered the pan, and placed it into my electric oven that I had heated for 1 minute and 45 seconds (a trick I learned from Julia Child).
After about 35 minutes, the buns had risen nicely and were almost ready to cook.
I brushed each one with egg white and sprinkled sesame seeds on three buns. The Master Taste Tester doesn't like sesame seeds on his buns, so I left some plain.
Into a preheated 400°F oven, the buns went for about 12 minutes until they were golden brown.
I ended up with six large and perfectly delicious hamburger buns. I don't think that I'll ever use store-bought buns again. Yum!
If you're looking for amazing burgers to serve on these homemade buns, check out my Portobello Mushroom Burgers, Grilled Peri Peri Chicken Burgers, or Oklahoma Fried Onion Burgers.
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Homemade Hamburger Buns (Bread Machine)
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup (4 ounces, 118 ml) milk
- ¼ cup (2 ounces, 59 ml) water (enough such that the total weight of the milk, egg, and water is 8 ounces or 237 ml) (See Tip 1)
- 2 Tablespoons (1 ounce, 28 grams) unsalted butter
- 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 2 ½ cups (12 ounces, 340 grams) all-purpose flour
- 1 ⅛ teaspoons bread machine yeast
Instructions
- Add all ingredients pan of the bread machine in the order listed. Program the machine for the dough cycle, and press start. When the dough cycle has finished, transfer the dough to a floured surface. Using either a pizza cutter or a dough scraper, cut the dough into 6 (3.44 ounces, 97 grams) or 8 (2.5 ounces, 71 grams). Form each piece into a ball and place it on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Using floured fingertips, flatten each piece until it is about ½-inch thick. Cover; allow to rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 30 to 35 minutes. (See Tip 2)
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Remove from oven; transfer to wire rack to cool.
- Yield: 6 large or 8 regular-sized hamburger buns.
Tips/Notes
- ¼ cup of water is approximate because the weight of eggs varies a lot. Therefore, I add the milk and egg to a measuring cup on a kitchen scale, and add enough water to equal a total of 8 ounces or 237 ml)
- If your oven does not have a proofing function, use Julia Child's suggestion. To create the perfect environment for rising, turn on electric oven for exactly 1 minute and 45 seconds.
Nutrition
Kim says
I would recommend to add more flower, my dough turned out REALLY sticky! But overall the buns did turn out! I never had super sticky dough before when making buns so I was worried HAHA but they did turn out okay!
Sue says
These are excellent, so easy to make, I will never buy buns again, The only thing I changed was I used bread/hard flour in place of the all purpose.
Chula King says
So glad that you liked them!
Chula
Karen says
Had some friends over for a game night. Wanted some homemade buns to go with the home made chicken salad I was serving. Fond this recipe and decided to try it. Doubled the recipe and added 1 tablespoon of wheat gluten on top of the yeast. Wow! the bus were amazing. Some of our guests ate just the buns with butter. Thanks for sharing such a great recipe. Like so many others, I will be making buns instead of buying them.
Chula King says
Thanks so much for your comment Karen!
Chula
Lesley says
First time I successfully made burger buns. Warning - my kids don't want shop bought buns anymore! These are excellent.
Chula King says
So glad the buns turned out well for you.
Chula
Laura says
Holy cow these are awesome! I followed the advice of another commenter and used bread flour, 2T sugar and 1 additional egg yolk, reserving the whites for that one egg as a wash for the buns. My oven isn't awesome and the bake only took 9 minutes. Thank you for such a great recipe!
Chula King says
So glad you liked the hamburger buns Laura!
Chula
Julie Crate says
I have so many things to say about this recipe. My mother was the most amazing bread maker; rolls, cinnamon rolls, buns, etc. I always wanted to be a good bread maker too. However, it just wasn't meant to be! I have tried, honestly, I have tried, and I just don't have the kneading skills needed to successfully make mouthwatering bread. So, about a month ago, I bought myself a bread maker. For Christmas Eve, I had invited my daughter and son-in-law over for sloppy joe. I really wanted to make homemade buns. I did a search and found this recipe. I always look for recipes that have 5 star ratings. To make a long story short, this is the most amazing bread recipe! Even for someone who really stinks at making bread can make this with ease! I followed the recipe exactly. The results? The best bread I've EVER made! Thank you so much! I have pinned several of your other bread recipes as well and can't wait to try them!
Chula King says
Julie,
Thanks so much for your comments. I'm so pleased that the recipe worked for you.
Happy bread making!
Chula
Donica M Robinson says
Didn't feel like waiting for the butter to soften. Used Crisco instead and half a tsp of butter extract. I'm rolling the dice, but if it turns out great I'll have a use for my butter extract. Also did an egg wash. Waiting for the oven to get to 400.
Chula King says
Donica,
I'd love to her how using Crisco worked in this recipe. My guess is that it worked well!
Chula
Jane says
I'm one of those people that can never meal plan for the week - I just grab whatever out of the freezer for that day's dinner lol. I had a small pork roast and decided to make pulled pork.....completely forgetting the fact I hadn't bought buns for it. Found this reipe and after reading all the great reveiws ( love the fact people actually posted about making them and not just comments like sounds good, must try, sounds easy etc, a pet peeve of mine lol) I decided to try it. I made 8 buns our of the batch and for us they weee the pefect size. They turned out magnificent! Why buy buns when you have a recipe this great!
Chula King says
Thanks so much for your comment Jane! I'm so glad that the recipe worked out for you.
Chula
Susan says
They were wonderful!!
Chula King says
YAY! I'm so glad that they were a success Susan!
Chula
Susan says
So glad you included the weights for both sizes of buns. I use a scale to weigh my dough as I split it, and so having you include weights was wonderful!! Dough is in my machine right now!
Chula King says
Hi Susan,
I always weigh my ingredients for bread (and most other stuff)! That way, I know that that things will consistently turn out. Hope the hamburger buns turned out well for you!
Chula
Anonymous says
We were quarantined and had burgers, but no buns for a long time. My family was so happy with these!
Richard C says
This is an excellent bread machine recipe. My only question is that the recipe could be adapted for bagels?
Chula King says
Richard,
I really don't know whether it would work for bagels or not. However, because the dough has milk and egg in it, the crumb tends to be more tender and the texture lighter than a bread without those ingredients. The bagel recipes that I'm familiar with (like this one - https://pudgefactor.com/homemade-new-york-style-bagels-bread-machine/) are a more basic bread recipe. If you decide to try this for bagels, however, I'd love to hear how it turned out!
Chula
Eydie Wilson says
These buns were amazing! So delicious, I’m never buying store bought buns again.
Chula King says
So glad they turned out for you Eydie!
Chula
Cindi Bond says
I have made this recipe twice to use with home-smoked pulled pork. They are perfect. This last time, after I had already started the bread machine, I decided to double the recipe. So, I just dumped the new ingredients on top of the first. The dough turned out PERFECT! I made 16 buns for our Labor Day cook out and supper for my parish priests. I have this recipe pinned to my phone's homescreen.
Chula King says
Cindi,
I'm so pleased that the hamburger buns turned out for you. Happy Labor Day!
Chula
Savita Krishnan says
Best burger buns ever.inam on top of the world.The buns were so light so tasty.Thanks for tithe recipe.Just one doubt ,could I avoid egg in the dough? And if so what should I substitute it with? Thanks
Savita
Chula King says
Savita,
I'm sorry, but I haven't made these without the egg. The egg contributes several things to the buns. First the fat in the egg yolk tends to increase the gluten's elasticity and contribute to a more tender, softer crust that is characteristic of hamburger buns. In addition, the egg tends to act as a leavening agent, enhancing the bread's rise. Because of the role that the fat in the egg yolk plays, you might try substituting full fat plain yogurt. However, I've not tried this so can't guarantee that would work. If you do try substituting yogurt, I'd love to know how it turned out.
Chula
Chula
DAvinia says
Excellent. Everybody loved it. I even added cheese on top of some of the buns. Will do it again.